KNKX have sent out a statement just now asking everyone to contact their representatives to tell them to protect public media funding.

https://protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-emails/

KUOW's statement on Trump's illegal refusal to spend Congressionally-authorised Public Media funds:

https://www.kuow.org/stories/statement-trump-executive-order-public-media

Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Let's start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant, where the Sars-CoV2 7-day running average is about the same as the previous week. Last data is from 4/22.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). New! the Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

#digital #haiga by returning contributor, Mark Meyer. Mark is an aging artist/poet/hermit who lives in/on a lake in Washington state. He’s been around the block a few times. #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #haiku #micropoetry #art #artlovers #digitalart #notAI #washingtonstate #lost

I just don't think there needs to be such OMG THE SKY IS FALLING CAPITALIZE EVERY LETTER from our official govt entities.

And this isn't even federal, it's State. And not just any state, #WashingtonState. We're kinda chill here.

Take it down a notch would ya?

#Snow covered #mountains in #OlympicNationalPark #Washingtonstate #clouds #bluesky #HurricaneRidge #RoadTrip #usa

Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Let's start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant. Last week, the site reported the Sars-CoV2 7-day running average at 0, which was obviously some sort of error. We got a 0 reading earlier this week on 4/13 as well, but we have real data on 4/15. The prior 0 readings makes it look as if the levels went up, but the 4/15 reading is in line with the generally low numbers we’ve had for the last bit.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). Reminder: the Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Source: @ErinInTheMorn

From the article: "Washington State made history on Wednesday when it became the first state in the country to pass legislation increasing access to hormone therapy.

"HB 1971 declares that health care plans who cover hormone treatments “must provide reimbursement for a 12-month refill of covered prescription hormone therapy obtained at one time by the enrollee,” unless a doctor prescribes otherwise or the hormone in question is a controlled substance. (Testosterone, for example, will be exempt from the policy.)

"The bill received bipartisan support in the State Senate, passing 40-9, including six Republicans. All nine votes against the bill were from the GOP.

"Senator Keith Wagoner was one such Republican who voted in favor of HB 1971. He said he he was supporting the policy in spite of “fringes” online which had “inflamed” public debate by focusing squarely on the HRT’s association with trans-affirming care.

“That is such a small part of what this bill does,” Wagoner told the Senate. He said he was speaking out in part because his own daughter relies on hormone therapy. As a survivor of brain cancer, which impacted her pituitary gland, she will likely be taking hormones for the rest of her life. The current timeframe for receiving hormones, which may limit people to a six-month, three-month or one-month supply, is a constant stressor for his family, he said.

“The bill will alleviate a lot of suffering,” Wagoner concluded."

#Transgender #HRT #Healthcare #GenderAffirmingCare #Washington #WashingtonState #LGBTQ

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/washington-state-passes-bill-to-cover

The Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper is going nonprofit:

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/a-newspaper-dynasty-ends-in-spokane-turns-to-nonprofit/

Spokane is a big blue island in the mostly-very-low-population red part of Washington State. It's important that they haven't gone to some damn vulture fund operator or more some pink slime fascist noise machine.

Particularly if you're out on the dry side, you might throw them some support.

Hi, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

I usually start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant, but the last value in the table, for 4/8, is 0.0. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to live in a world with zeroed-out readings for the Sars-CoV-2 concentration levels were an actual thing! And to be totally fair, the readings from 4/6 are, historically speaking, quite low. But 0.0? I think that's a glitch.

Hardcore wastewater nerds might recall that King County runs their very own Sars-CoV-2 dashboard for the same treatment plants. Alas, the county's dashboard has the same problem. I'm just going to skip WSPT's graph this week.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the feditubes, at @WADeptHealth.

WSDOT is asking for input on the Washington State Rail Plan. Fill out the quick survey here: https://engagekh.mysocialpinpoint.com/WAStateRailPlan

Son, grandson and gramps went razor clam digging on the morning minus tide, here we are with one limit, we all got our limits (15 clams each). #WashingtonCoast #WashingtonState #GetOutside

Good evening from Moclips. #Sunset #WashingtonState #WashingtonCoast

"Cherry Boom" teableau for 04/14/25

What a blessing it is to live among a profusion of cherry blossoms every Spring, the abundant billows of them across the landscape, great drifts of them whirling down from overhead, blushing carpets of them underfoot.